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Re:The Decline of the Mobile Web by pistle on Monday April 07, 2014 @03:30PM (#7548769)
web/app is not zero sum.

There is a wide overlap in functionality, but if the experience via mobile browser is sufficient, users won't care. They may even enjoy not having to curate yet another app.

App Pros: Engagement lock-in Richer experiences (performance, native advantages)

App Cons: Dev costs Fragmentation costs Dependency on ecosystem(s) App release cycle + cross platform synchro of dev efforts

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Re:The Decline of the Mobile Web by jbigelow76 on Monday April 07, 2014 @03:51PM (#7548935)
Agreed. I used to be much more strident about pushing open web over native apps. But my opinion has changed, I think of the open web as the APIs behind both the apps and browsers.
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Re:The Decline of the Mobile Web by vladnyc on Monday April 07, 2014 @03:45PM (#7548895)
It seems the pros are on the user side. If the users don't care than probably more developers will target native and leave mobile web to responsive non app sites.
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